'Fed up of talking' - Lioness Georgia Stanway ready to see 'proper England' at Euro 2025 with midfielder fired up for must-win clash against Netherlands

Stanway insists the Lionesses are ready to "put things right on the pitch" against the Netherlands after a disappointing defeat to France in their opening game of the European Championship. That defeat means that Sarina Wiegman's side must win to keep their qualification hopes in their own hands, but they face a tricky test against a Dutch team who thumped Wales 3-0 in their opener.

England are, of course, reigning champions, and also reached the 2023 World Cup final, and Stanway insists that she and her team-mates are ready to show exactly what they are made of in what has turned into a do-or-die fixture.

Stanway told reporters: "What we want going forward is to make actions and stop talking. I didn't want to do the press conference today because I'm fed up of talking now.

"It's time that we focus and we want to put things right on the pitch in order for us to be able to talk. We want to create action from what happened on Saturday and the only way to do that is the game."

She added: "We want the game to come around as quick as possible. We want to make change.

"We've spoken about wanting to be 'proper England' and going back to what we're good at and our traditional style of football -- tough tackles and remembering why we're here. Sometimes it's about blocking out the noise and getting on the pitch and getting stuck in.

"I had a message from someone I know that said: 'It is just like a bad night out and you want to forget it as much as possible. Move onto the next one. That's exactly what we're going to do."

England face the Netherlands at 5pm on Wednesday. Defeat is not an option if the champions want to retain their title.